10 August 1898

McKinley, William, 1843-1901

Document signed

Title: [Commission of William Sampson as rear admiral in Navy]

Commission of William Sampson as rear admiral in Navy. Signed by William McKinley as President of the United States and John D. Long as Secretary of the Navy. Promoted for "eminent and conspicuous conduct in battle." Docket on lower lefthand side. Blue seal intact. Document is partially warped.

GLC04002.02

12 April 1899

McKinley, William, 1843-1901

Document signed

Title: [Commission of William Sampson as rear admiral in Navy]

Commission of William Sampson as rear admiral in Navy. Signed by William McKinley as President of the United States and John D. Long as Secretary of the Navy. Docket on lower lefthand side. Blue seal intact. Printed at the "Bureau, Engraving & Printing."

GLC04002.03

19 August 1898

McKinley, William, 1843-1901

Document signed

Title: [Appointment of William Sampson as commissioner to meet with Spanish regarding Cuba]

Commissioning William Sampson to meet with Spanish representatives concerning their evacuation of Cuba. Signed by William McKinley as President of the United States. Countersigned by J.B. Moore as acting Secretary of State. White seal on bottom lefthand corner. Document is warped.

GLC04002.04

21 April 1824

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

Letter signed

Title: to Edgar Mason

President Adams sends a copy of a letter from Edmund Gage to Massachusetts congressman Jeremiah Nelson (not included) to District Attorney Mason. Asks Mason to verify the claims in the letter; if they are true "Captain Gage and his vessel may both be released, and the prosecution discontinued."

GLC04004

1780/09/06

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Manuscript document signed

Title: Pass for Elizabeth De Lancey, Ann De Lancey, & Henry Izard [B. Arnold related]

GLC04010

9 April 1794

Jay, John, 1745-1829

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sarah Jay

Refers to his wife Sarah as Sally. Comments to his wife that he dined with President Washington. Relates there is a suspenseful atmosphere in the capital over a possible war with Britain. He says peace will probably prevail, but that war should be prepared for. Fears that the anger over British seizures at sea and their continued presence in the Northwest will lead to intemperate actions on the part of the government. Continues the letter on 10 April 1794. Mentions that he is glad boards were sent to his brother's house at Rye, New York and says he will have to attend to personal business…

GLC04011

8 November 1799

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Angry letter to an official regarding William Shepherd, who "acted a very disingenuous part" on a previous survey of Washington's land.

GLC04013

18 July 1863

Griffin, Charles, 1825-1867

Autograph letter signed

Title: [to his mother]

Writes following the death of his father, Apollos Griffin. Has delayed writing in hopes he may obtain permission to go to Washington (possibly where his mother is located). Writes, "He alone whom it has pleased to take away a devoted husband, kind parent and valued citizen can console the widow and the child for the loss- Tears only show sympathy but do not relieve the aching heart... I know that no mortal utterance can give the required consolation..." Written on Headquarters, 1st Division, 5th Corps stationery.

GLC04016

28 September 1861

McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Miss [Gray?] Washington

To the sister of a Union soldier, stating that her brother desires "to see more active service," and that McClellan is feels "We need the service of all such officers." Written on Army of the Potomac stationary.

GLC04037

29 November 1865

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Aaron Rawlins

General Sherman states that he will travel to Little Rock, Arkansas, on 30 November 1865, and will leave Colonel R. M. Sawyer, Assistant Adjutant General of the Military Division of the Mississippi, in charge in his absence. Reports that he sent General Joseph J. Reynolds three African American regiments ordered to Sherman by General Lorenzo Thomas. States that Reynolds plans to muster out and discharge all volunteers in his department. Hopes to muster out the 100th Regiment of Colored Infantry, as it exceeds the needs of his department. States that General Edward Ortho Cresap Ord…

GLC04039

9 January 1787

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Daniel Carroll

Washington seeks to sell 1650 acres of land in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. He is willing to sell for less than the going rate if the purchaser takes the entire tract, and outlines the payment plan he would expect.

GLC04043

1814/09/19

Monroe, James, 1758-1831

Letter signed

Title: to Simon Snyder

Secretary of State Monroe indicates that, in response to the British leaving Baltimore after the Battle of Baltimore, the orders for the Pennsylvania militia were being revised. They are now ordered to protect Philadelphia against a potential attack. Mentions his hope that the successful Battle of Plattsburgh will relieve British pressure on the Eastern frontier. Snyder was the Pennsylvania governor.

GLC04044

1821

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

Book signed

Title: Report upon weights and measures.

An attempt to synthesize history, philosophy and physics into a coherent whole that illuminates the nature of human relations. Recommends the adoption of the metric system, as a blessing that will lead to "the improvement of the physical, moral and intellectual condition of man upon earth," by making stronger the "links of sympathy between the inhabitants of the most distant regions." Points to international suppression of the slave trade as a precedent for an international effort to standardize weights and measures. First edition. Inscribed by Adams to diplomat and politician Jonathan…

GLC04045

1839/04/30 ca.

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

Book signed

Title: The Jubilee of the Constitution, a discourse...

A speech "...delivered at the New York Historical Society... on the 50th Anniversary of the Inauguration of George Washington." Printed by Samuel Colman. 8vo. One of the Adams' most important speeches. The recipient's name has been clipped-off the front cover.

GLC04046

15 April 1829

Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862

Letter signed

Title: to Francisco Pacon

Written by Van Buren as Secretary of State. Acknowledges Pacon's letter of 11 April 1829 which provided "a List of all the Grants of Land, purporting to have been made in the Floridas, by the Government of His Catholic Majesty." This diplomatic letter deals with the messy entanglements and complications of territorial land issues between the United States and Spain in Florida. Spain ceded Florida to the United States in 1819, but the transition was messy because the King of Spain always exercised the right of granting lands to whomever he pleased. The American plan was to sell the land in…

GLC04058

25 January 1777

Van Cortlandt, Philip, 1749-1831

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Philip Schuyler

Encloses the preceedings of a court martial (not included). Reports that General Washington advanced on the enemy at New York City two days prior and that General Heath is laying siege at Fort Independence.

GLC04067

11 April 1806

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Mason

Asks General Mason to serve as one of three disinterested commissioners for the Cumberland Road, two of which should come from "this quarter." A post script indicates he was also asking Thomas Moore, who accepted. Mason apparently declined, since Eli Williams of Maryland became the second eastern commissioner (Joseph Kerr, the other commissioner, was from Ohio).

GLC04076

2 January 1832

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas L. McKenney

Adams offers advice on McKenney's work on American Indian tribes, "History of the Indian Tribes of North America." Adams, who had read the book's proofs, suggests defining terms like prairie for the European audience. Expresses his hopes that the book had gone into detail on the Shawnee prophet.

GLC04077

16 January 1904

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Typed letter signed

Title: to Paul H. Lacey

Discusses his desire for a Square Deal for all Americans. Severely faded. Typed on White House letterhead.

GLC04078

28 November 1863

Farragut, David Glasgow, 1801-1870

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Faxon

Written by Rear Admiral Farragut to Faxon as the chief clerk of the Navy Department on stationery of Astor House. Says he saw Mr. Davis, a government paymaster, and told him to go to Washington to settle the matter of the prize money that was turned over to the paymaster of the "Pensacola."

GLC04083

January 17, 1862

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

Autograph endorsement signed

Title: [Grant endorsement on exchange of prisoners taken at Battle of Belmont]

Union Brigadier General Grant reports on Federal prisoners taken at Belmont on 7 November 1861. "Nothing special has been heard from Federal prisoners for some time. I believe they are yet in Memphis." Endorsement written on the verso of a 17 January 1862 letter from Nathaniel B. Baker to Major General Henry Halleck requesting information about the exchange of prisoners taken by the Confederates at the battle of Belmont. Asks specifically about Captain Crabb of the Iowa 7th Infantry or any other Iowa soldier or officer. Written on State of Iowa, Adjutant General's Office stationery.…

GLC04003

1792/04/14

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Document signed

Title: Act concerning consuls and vice consuls (France)

The act was intended to carry into effect the Convention between the US and the King of France.

GLC04005

circa 1833

Madison, James, 1751-1836

Document signed

Title: [Temperance document]

Urges Americans, especially young men, to refrain from drinking alcohol. Signed by Andrew Jackson, James Madison, and John Quincy Adams. Docket on verso.

GLC04006.01

circa 1870

Book signed

Title: Book signed and carte de visite of General George Armstrong Custer [Decimalized .01-.02]

GLC04007

1869

Lee, Henry, 1756-1818

Book signed

Title: Memoirs of the war in the southern department of the United States.

Signed "R E Lee" on the verso of the half-title page. With revision and a biography of the author by Robert E. Lee. Published by University Publishing Company, New York. Spine-title "Memoirs of the War of '76."

GLC04008